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"The Travels of Lao Can" is the masterpiece of the novelist Liu E. It was rated by Mr. Lu Xun as one of the four major condemnation novels in the late Qing Dynasty. It was later translated into many languages ​​and had a huge influence at home and abroad. The novel is based on the travels of an old man who is a doctor, and makes an in-depth exploration of social contradictions. Especially in the book, he dares to directly denounce upright officials who harm the country and harm the people, pointing out that sometimes the stupidity of upright officials is no better than corrupt officials. This criticism of the officialdom of the Qing court is very pertinent and insightful.

The book is composed of short and medium-length novels written by six famous writers, including the works of widely influential contemporary Chinese writers such as Fang Fang, Lin Nabei, Xu Zechen, Chen He, Xuejing, and Wang Xuemei. These short and medium-sized novels are exquisitely conceived, have unique language styles, profound connotations, unique perspectives, and are colorful. They are full of wisdom and mystery, allowing readers to be affected by the complex plots and trigger corresponding resonance and thinking.

"Chinese Contemporary Literature Classics Must-Read · 1992 Short Stories Volume" selects nearly 20 outstanding short stories in 1992, including new works by more than 20 famous writers including Bao Tiening, Mo Yan, Yu Hua, Chi Zijian, Su Tong, Chen Zhongshi, Wang Meng, Liu Zhenyun and other Mao Dun Literature Award winners and Lu Xun Literature Award winners, representing the extremely high level of annual short story creation.

"Chinese Contemporary Literature Classics Must-Read: 1995 Novella Volume" selects nine of the best novellas in 1995, including works by famous writers such as Alai, Xu Xiaobin, Deng Yiguang, Chi Li and other Mao Dun Literature Award and Lu Xun Literature Award winners, representing the highest level of novella creation in 1995. The editor-in-chief of this book is Wu Yiqin, the director of the Museum of Modern Literature, the most authoritative literary research institution in China, and a famous literary critic. He selects strictly with professional vision, and each article is accompanied by professional comments.

"Chinese Contemporary Literature Classics Must-Read · 1995 Short Stories Volume" selects more than twenty of the best short stories in 1995, including works by famous writers such as Bi Feiyu, Acheng, Liu Qingbang, You Fengwei and other winners of the Contradiction Literature Award and Lu Xun Literature Award, representing the highest level of short story creation at that time. The editor-in-chief of this book is Wu Yiqin, the director of the Museum of Modern Literature, China's most authoritative literary research institution and a famous literary critic. With a professional vision, he strictly selects the most worth-read short stories of the year and attaches them with professional comments.

This book selects nearly ten outstanding short stories in 1988, including new works by many famous writers such as Chi Zijian, Zhang Chu, Chen Xiwo, Wang Fangchen and other Mao Dun Literature Award and Lu Xun Literature Award winners, representing the high level of annual short story creation.

"Chinese Contemporary Literature Classics Must-Read: 1990 Short Stories Volume" selects 23 outstanding short stories in 1990, including works by Liu Shaotang, Jia Pingwa, Liu Heng, Tie Ning, Li Peifu and other famous writers, which represents the extremely high level of Chinese short story creation at that time. The editor-in-chief of the book is Wu Yiqin, director of the Chinese Literature Research Institute and the famous literary critic Wu Yiqin. With a professional vision, he strictly selects short stories worth reading each year and attaches them with professional comments.

"Chinese Contemporary Literature Classics Must-Read: 1991 Novella Volume" edited by Wu Yiqin selects seven outstanding novellas in 1991, including works by Fang Fang, Mo Yan, Jia Pingwa, Su Tong, Liu Zhenyun and other writers, representing the highest level of contemporary Chinese novella creation. The editor-in-chief of the book is Wu Yiqin, director of the Museum of Modern Literature, the most authoritative literary research institution in China, and a famous literary critic. With a professional vision, he strictly selects the most worth-reading novellas of the year and attaches them with professional comments.

The editor-in-chief of "Chinese Contemporary Literature Classics: 1988 Novella Volume" is Wu Yiqin, director of the Museum of Modern Literature, an authoritative literary research institution in China, and a famous literary critic. With his professional vision, he strictly selects the most worth-reading novellas of the year, and each article is accompanied by professional and exciting comments. It not only summarizes the development and achievements of contemporary Chinese literature, but also brings readers a delicious literary feast.

"Chinese Contemporary Literature Classics Must-Read·1996 Short Stories Volume" selects more than twenty of the best short stories in 1996, including works by famous writers such as Shi Tiesheng, Chi Zijian, Wang Xiaobo, Su Tong and other Mao Dun Literature Award and Lu Xun Literature Award winners. The editor-in-chief of the book is Wu Yiqin, the director of the Museum of Modern Literature, the most authoritative literary research institution in China, and a famous literary critic. He strictly selects the books with a professional vision, and each article is accompanied by professional comments.

"Chinese Contemporary Literature Classics Must-Read · 1989 Novella Volume" is selected from tens of millions of words of novellas published by nearly 100 literary journals across the country that year. It aims to review the creative performance of the novellas of that year, promote the novellas that are both ideological and artistic, representative and influential, and powerful writers in a fair and objective manner to contribute to the accumulation of literature in the new century.

The "Must-Read Classics of Chinese Contemporary Literature·1993 Novella Volume" edited by Wu Yiqin contains a total of nine novellas, including "The Opposite" by Tie Ning, "Previous History" by Chen Jiangong, "Anecdotes of the "Cultural Revolution"" by Wang Anyi, "Endless Life" by Bi Shumin, "The Origin of Humanity" by Ye Zhaoyan, "Twilight Class Recitation" by Liu Xinglong, etc. There are short comments after each novel.

The "Must-Read Classics of Chinese Contemporary Literature·1994 Novella Volume" edited by Wu Yiqin contains a total of eight novellas, including "Heavenly Palace" by Yan Lianke, "Tremble" by Yu Hua, "My Yin and Yang" by Wang Xiaobo, "The Last Artist" by Beicun, "Murder as an Art" by Diao Dou, "Upward Stairs" by Zhou Daxin, "Red Mosquito" by Li Peifu, etc. There are short comments after each novel.

"Chinese Contemporary Literature Classics Must-Read · 1994 Short Stories Volume" selects more than 20 outstanding short stories in 1994, including new works by many famous writers including Feng Jicai, Wang Zengqi, Bi Feiyu, Shi Tiesheng, Zhou Daxin, Yan Lianke and other Lu Xun Literature Award winners, representing the extremely high level of annual novella creation. The author of "Must-read Classics of Chinese Contemporary Literature·1994 Short Stories Volume" strictly selects novellas worthy of reading this year with a professional vision, and each article is accompanied by professional and exciting comments. It not only summarizes the development and achievements of contemporary Chinese literature, but also brings readers a delicious literary feast.

"Chinese Contemporary Literature Classics Must-Read · 1993 Short Stories Volume" selects nearly 20 outstanding short stories in 1993, including new works by more than 20 famous writers such as Tie Ning, Shi Tiesheng, Su Tong, Wang Zengqi, Bi Feiyu, Han Shaogong, Zhou Daxin and other Mao Dun Literature Award winners and Lu Xun Literature Award winners, representing the extremely high level of annual short story creation. The editor-in-chief of "Chinese Contemporary Literature Classics: 1993 Short Stories Volume" is Wu Yiqin, director of the Chinese Literature Research Institute and the famous literary critic Wu Yiqin. With his professional vision, he strictly selects short stories worth reading in the year, and each article is accompanied by professional and exciting comments. It not only summarizes the development and achievements of contemporary Chinese literature, but also brings readers a delicious literary feast.

"Chinese Contemporary Literature Classics Must-Read: 1990 Novella Volume" selects eight outstanding novellas in 1990, including works by writers such as Chi Li and Jia Pingwa, which represent the extremely high level of Chinese novella creation in that year. The editor-in-chief of the book is Wu Yiqin, director of the Chinese Literature Research Institute and a famous literary critic. He uses a professional vision to strictly select the annual novellas worth reading, and attaches them with professional comments.

Each of the four brothers and sisters of the Plum family finally became useless middle-aged people. The eldest brother Leo's marriage is only a shell; the second sister Beatrice is still immersed in the glory achieved ten years ago; the third brother Jack's life weaved with lies is about to collapse; the younger sister Melody is a complete slave to the identity of a "good mother"... The only thing that can save this family's desperate life is a large trust fund left by their father. However, the will stipulates that everyone must wait until Melody's 40th birthday before everyone can get the money. Seeing that his birthday was approaching, Leo lost almost all of his father's inheritance because of a ridiculous accident. The brothers and sisters, who had been looking forward to a happy second half of their lives, were suddenly forced to face the question that everyone feared: How should we survive after losing all hope?

After Lu Liancheng, general manager and party secretary of Huazhao Group, "double regulations". Xing Liang, who graduated from Stanford with a PhD and has an international perspective, became the CEO of Huazhao Group after fierce competition. As soon as Xing Liang took office, he carried out drastic reforms on the shortcomings of state-owned enterprises in order to curb corrupt behaviors such as insider control and power rent-seeking. During the difficult reform process, Xing Liang had fierce confrontations with old ideas, old habits, old forces, etc., And launched a desperate struggle around the loss of state-owned assets and interest groups. Although Xing Liang achieved an initial victory, he fell into the vicious circle of "Pyrrhus' victory"... "State-owned Enterprise CEO" edited by Ji Zhi has a compact structure, profound characterization and Zhou Yan's narrative. The plot is ups and downs and exciting. The inner connection between power, money and love is vividly described. It is an excellent work describing the reform of state-owned enterprises and the life of state-owned enterprises.

The Zhu family are descendants of the Ming Dynasty royal family. In order to avoid being pursued by the Manchu and Qing court, they moved from Beijing to Handan in southern Hebei and changed their surname to Zhu in order to commemorate their once prominent life experience. During the three hundred years of Qing rule, various families gradually developed a tolerant and low-key family character. They concealed their wealth and life experience, and silently followed the strict family rules of the royal family. When the great wheel of history advanced to 1937, the Japanese occupied this small town called Cheng'an. The fate of the families has changed. The eldest son Chongwen became the leader of the Kuomintang army, and the second son Chongwu joined the revolution and grew up to be a member of the Communist Party. He Xiuer, who has become the patriarch, struggled to survive in the cracks of history in order to preserve Zhujiapu. When dark clouds covered the courtyards of various families, the blood in the bodies of the descendants of each family burned again. After enduring for three hundred years, they launched a life-and-death battle with the aliens who tried to rule them...

"Love in Parallel Time and Space" tells the story of an ignorant female college student who first entered society with a dream, a growth story full of bitterness and romance. After the heroine Qiu He returned to work in her hometown after graduating from college in her senior year, she suffered a series of emotional blows. First, she accidentally discovered the unusual relationship between Uncle Qin, the director of the Bureau of Land and Resources, and her mother. Then, her "lover" Lin Xiaoyu and her first love Xing He used her to seek revenge on each other. But for the sake of love, she endured the misunderstanding and pain, found the real cause of Xinghe's father's death, and helped Xinghe get rid of the shadow of hatred. In the end, everyone realizes that hatred will only destroy each other, and only tolerance can save evil and regain happiness.

This book is written with a generation of Shanghai educated youth as the writing background, reflecting that these old educated youths dedicated their youth to the Great Northern Wilderness. In the tide of reform and opening up, the different life destinies of different people reflect the truth, goodness and beauty of human nature in every detail. The author has a profound writing skills, a compact storyline, delicate characterization, and strong readability.

The novel "The Stormy Boy" written by the writer Jin Zhaoyan focuses on the journey of rural boy Li Weiming and his friends to study. It tells the story of the first generation of teenagers in New China who grew up in the 1950s and 1960s in the turmoil. The characters have distinct characteristics of children, which can easily evoke people's memories of childhood.

"Youth Cafe" tells the story: There is a Condé Cafe in the Latin Quarter on the left bank of the Seine River in Paris. It is like a giant magnet, attracting a group of young people between the ages of eighteen and twenty-five. They "wander around, have no fixed abode, and are bohemian", living a life of drinking and getting drunk now, never thinking about the future, and enjoying the protection of literature and art. Among this group of guests, a twenty-two-year-old woman named Luji was particularly eye-catching. She was dazzling, like a radiant movie star on the silver screen. Where did she come from? What's her story? What unknown secrets are hidden behind her charming light? Is she running away from something? The story revolves around the disappearance of the young woman. Four narrators appear one after another, telling readers Lu Ji's short life experience.

Zhang Ziyi, Gong Li, Michelle Yeoh, Ken Watanabe and Kaoru Momoi star in the original novel of the Oscar-winning film "Memoirs of a Geisha". It tells the story: From the orphan girl Chiyo to the famous geisha Sayuri in Kyoto, her fate is like falling flowers floating on the gurgling water, and the future direction can never be predicted. The elegant and exquisite okiya is a paradise for the rich, but it is also the place where Sayuri has to face the sword of wind and frost every day. The men's greedy or profound gazes have woven a web that she relies on for survival but is difficult to escape; "Mom", Hatsumomo, Pumpkin... The women either add insult to injury or generously help, holding up a stage full of dangers. Even though she is walking on thin ice, Sayuri is full of smiles and appears on stage.

Romain Rolland's 150th birthday commemorative edition, newly revised commemorative edition. The authoritative translation by the famous translator Fu Lei is newly revised based on the 1957 Pingming edition and exclusively includes an introduction of more than 3,000 words by the famous writer Zweig. If society is realistic, life is complicated, and life is long and boring, then what can an outstanding young man with enthusiasm and ideals do to survive the darkness of youth? How to survive, grow and even defeat fate? The French writer Romain Rolland spent twenty years writing this million-word masterpiece "Johan Christophe" and gave us an answer. The protagonist, John Christopher, is a musical genius, born in poverty, with a sensitive and stubborn personality. His life is a process of constantly defeating himself in hope and despair. The whole book consists of ten volumes, divided into three volumes.

The ultimate mystery that shakes the value of family love! Kanae Minato, a popular Japanese writer, is a new suspenseful masterpiece following "Confession", "For N" and "Girl". Everyone is happy that the missing sister is back, but only I know that she is a fake. Struggling in the process of distinguishing between truth and falsehood, when the final answer is revealed, will the truth you have been seeking most bring more cruel harm? The "ultimate mystery" that has a strong shock to values ​​​​appears in surprise! Kanae Minato is a high-profile mystery novelist in Japan. In 2007, the short story "The Priest" won the 29th Japan Mystery Novel Newcomer Award. In 2008, his debut novel "Confessions" was published. In the same year, it was selected as the first domestic original work in the "Weekly Top Ten Mystery Novels", and won the 6th Hong Kong Grand Prize in 2009. In 2012, he won the 65th Japan Mystery Writers Association Award (Short Story) for "Looking Homeward and Star of the Sea".

Hou Dachuan and his wife Li Sumei, who work in Xuhuai City, returned to their hometown to visit their elderly parents. Who would have thought that during breakfast the next day, their father Hou Zuixi died of cerebral hemorrhage. Hou Dachuan and his wife asked their son Hou Siyuan to come up with 100,000 yuan to pay for the funeral expenses. Throughout the funeral period, conflicts arose one after another in the Hou family between brothers, sisters, mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, sisters-in-law, and uncles and nephews, demonstrating the different moral qualities and complex temperaments of modern people, showing various aspects of life... Hou Dachuan decided to return to his hometown after retirement to support the construction of a new socialist countryside, and donated all the remaining 60,000 yuan to his hometown.

"Grass of the Night" tells the story of a writer who discovers traces of a past time in an old notebook from the 1960s. Fifty years later, the words recorded in the notebook took him back to Montparnasse, the university town, the Left Bank and the era of "decolonization". At that time, he had a close relationship with a young woman named Dani. However, walking on the streets of Paris in 2012, what happened in 1966 became suspicious. She concealed many facts: her real name, her activities, and a person who fascinated her. The huge secret that really troubles her... There are files on her and several acquaintances and friends in the police station, but the clues to the pursuit of the truth are still looming. The dislocation of space and time, the confusion of reality and poetry, make this novel a confusing youth fantasy.

Off-screen scenes are often more twists and turns than in-play scenes, and the so-called imagination sometimes pales in comparison to reality. Life is higher than literature. The real "breakthrough" does not come from words, but from this era. Therefore, Ashe drew nutrients from the times and painted a portrait of this era. Keywords such as master theory, rich second generation, and Internet entrepreneurship have been written into the text and memory by the author one by one, making this book glow with "vitality".

The original novel of the classic movie "The French Lieutenant's Woman". A classic work, an authoritative translation, a New York Times bestseller, and one of Time's 100 Best English Novels. It is regarded as the leading work of British postmodernist literature. It is a winner of the International PEN Silver Pen Award and the W. H. Smith Literary Award. It is listed as a must-read book in literature courses in British and American universities such as Oxford University. For the first time, the novel creates a complete and truly independent and free feminist image: she is a symbol of depravity, a tragedy of not being sympathized with, all his passion and yearning, an unsolvable mystery of an entire era, and a weak but moving light of freedom in that dark age. On the embankment, she stood facing the sea, her black dress fluttering in the wind, but she remained motionless like a statue, as if she was staring at the sea, or just staring at the void.

Recommended reading by the Oxford University Library. The first edition sold 500,000 copies in the United States. It has been adapted into movies twice and was shortlisted for Oscars and other awards. Maugham, the "genius novelist" who was a great storyteller in the 20th century, is a masterpiece of word-of-mouth, and a "full version" without deleting a word! This is a book about life written for millions of young literary and artistic people seeking to find themselves. It is recommended by Bai Yansong, Yu Hua, Haruki Murakami, Gao Xiaosong, Yang Lan, Cai Chongda, Liu Yu and Yu Minhong with emotion. We only have one life, how should we spend it? "I want to travel every road in the world, through deep sadness, inexplicable sadness, and endless joy, just to give it a go and experience life and pursue the stars in my soul."

"The Needle of Time" is Maria Dueñas's first novel. Without any marketing promotion, this debut novel by a newcomer has been enthusiastically sought after by readers due to the charm of the novel itself. It has sold more than 1.5 Million copies in Spain alone and has been translated into more than 20 languages ​​​​and distributed worldwide. Sheila, an innocent tailor girl, opened the door of a typewriter store with her fiancé on the eve of her wedding. Her originally determined fate was completely changed: a huge fortune and a father she had never met fell from the sky! This is just the first page of the immortal copy of time. As the pages of the war years are gradually opened, the entire Mediterranean coast has become her stage. Politics, espionage, conspiracy, and adventure, which originally had nothing to do with her, are all related to her...

A companion volume to the global bestseller "Island": equally sad and moving, equally confusing. Using the "return" story of a woman to find herself, a lamentable legend is revealed. Taking the real history of the Spanish Civil War as the background, the description of the insignificance and humbleness of love in the face of war makes people infinitely sighing, sad, alert and thoughtful. In a quiet cafe in Spain, Sonia, a British girl traveling alone, was deeply attracted by the many photos on the wall. In dozens of old photos, they are all the same person, the same girl, and she dances the flamenco dance that makes Sonia intoxicated and obsessed. The girl's figure is graceful, her dance is full of passion, and a soul-stirring throb hits her face. When she took a closer look, Sonia was stunned: she vaguely recognized that the dancing girl was her mother when she was young. Why did my mother's photo appear in a cafe thousands of miles away?

Oscar-winning director Martin Scorsese has been obsessed with it for 25 years and insisted on making it into a movie of the same name. It was named the best adapted screenplay in 2016 by the National Board of Review and was selected as one of the top ten feature films of the year. "Silence" won the 2nd Junichiro Tanizaki Award and was translated into more than 20 languages ​​and sold well all over the world. The novel tells the story of a Portuguese Jesuit priest who smuggled himself to Japan to preach in a small village near Nagasaki during the Tokugawa Shogunate's ban on Christianity. It tells a thrilling story about faith and challenges, and answers the questions hidden in everyone's heart: What is the meaning of life, why should we have faith, and what is the purpose of our lives when we wake up every day?

The so-called deep river is the Ganges, the holy river in India. On the banks of the Ganges, the corpses of the deceased are burned and the ashes are scattered into the river in the hope that the soul will be resurrected in the next life; countless devout people wash and bathe in the river water mixed with ashes or corpses to pray for happiness in the next life. The deep river, the river of God's love, will not be rejected no matter how ugly or dirty the person is. The story opens with a Japanese tour group heading to India. The members have different personalities: there is a staff member who is determined to pursue the possibility of his wife's reincarnation, a writer who wants to pin his heart on birds, a veteran who has experienced hell in the Burmese jungle, and a divorced woman who cannot fall in love with others... Each of them has their own life and secrets that cannot be told to others; they live with these burdens, and they have things in the deep river that must be purified...

"Tian Ping Zhi Zhi" is the masterpiece of Yasushi Inoue's novels. Japan's Tianping period coincided with the prosperous Kaiyuan period of the Tang Dynasty. In order to find the eminent monk who gave the ordination, four young Japanese monks were not afraid of hardships and dangers and sent the Tang envoy to the west. Monk Rongrui and Monk Puzhao went through many twists and turns, and finally got the permission of the eminent monk Jianzhen to go eastward. The old monk Ye Xing, who had been in the Tang Dynasty for fifty years, also returned with them, bringing the scriptures he had spent his whole life copying. After five failed attempts to cross the sea, everyone experienced ups and downs in the rolling waves. Some died in a foreign land, or their souls returned to the sea. Even though Jianzhen was blind, he still did not change his original intention. He finally arrived in Japan on his sixth eastward journey and became a monk at Todaiji Temple in Nara, leaving an indelible mark on the development of the culture of the Tianping era.

Tomura grew up in a small mountain village in Hokkaido, and his family was poor. The rigid and ordinary middle school life, the unchanging years of living in the mountains, and the confused future without choices all seem to have destined him to be unable to get rid of the troubles of his origin no matter how hard he tries. Occasionally one day, the teacher asked him to help meet a piano tuner. The old piano, which had been in disrepair, produced a beautiful sound like the sound of nature through the tuner's skillful hands. The sound of the piano is like a glimmer of light, illuminating the gloomy life in the outer village. From that moment on, Tomura determined to become a tuner...

The novel describes the development of the American automobile industry in microcosm, from the development of automobile manufacturing technology, the lives of automobile workers, the mental torture of the production line, the sales of automobiles, the struggle between automobile companies and labor unions, and car accidents, etc. This book was made into a TV series, which immediately caused a viewing frenzy. Even American consumers avoid cars produced on Mondays and Fridays. "Motor City" said that assembly line workers are uneasy on the weekends and the quality cannot be guaranteed. "Motor City" is set in the American automobile manufacturing city of Detroit, focusing on the main scenes of the design, production, and sales of the "Star" car. It extensively depicts and exposes the American social life after the African-American anti-riot struggle in 1967, which helps us understand the reality of contemporary American society.

Mo Yan, Yan Lianke, and Wang Dewei sincerely recommend the "Urban Strange Stories" series of novels by Ge Liang, winner of the annual China Good Book Award. Mystery is the image of the world, a quietly brewing force that changes our lives and pushes it to the edge of danger. There are seven short stories in "Mysterious Crow". Among them, "Mysterious Crow" tells the story of a young couple who, by chance, raise a crow by mistake, and thus fall into a series of bizarre encounters, which even end in tragedy. "The Bankless River", "The Legacy of Love on the 37th Floor", "Private Island", etc. All have a mysterious atmosphere of fate, and the vanity and struggle of urban young people are revealed between the lines. It may be like a dream, or it may be restless, or it may be as trivial as chicken feathers. The Eight Noble Truths of Suffering and the Four Noble Truths in Buddhism always present a sad appearance. Life is always penetrated by cruel reality, revealing its fragile nature. Such stories, without the legendary color, are actually often played out around you and me. Its surface is made up of common elements and scenery, which warms the heart. However, there is a core of forbearance, and this is where the answer lies.

Decadent Dazai, run away with passion! A collection of passionate and bright novels by Osamu Dazai, a master of "rogue" literature. The selected chapters in this book subvert Dazai Osamu's decadent image of "I'm sorry for being a human being". It contains 6 short and medium-length stories in his youthful and passionate style, which are full of Dazai Osamu's enthusiasm and positive attitude towards life and being a human being. These works also fully demonstrate the youthful, persistent and egoistic side of Dazai Osamu, the "original chuunibyou".

This book is a collection of short stories by Ryunosuke Akutagawa, which includes ten short stories, including the most classic works such as "Rashomon", "The Nose" and "In the Bamboo Forest". In Akutagawa's writing, the spider's thread connects the paradise and hell, and the good and evil of human nature sway between this soft spider thread. Ryunosuke Akutagawa, an old soul who is too precocious and sees life too thoroughly, constantly reflects and dialectics on the issues he faces in his own life in the world, and uses his pen to penetrate human nature to reveal the root causes of the era and the troubles of society.

The novel is set in the American pharmaceutical industry and describes the tortuous story of a young and promising woman who started out as a pharmaceutical salesman, went through hardships, experienced ups and downs, and finally became the president of a company. The novel vividly introduces many inside stories of the American pharmaceutical industry, and also exposes various overt and covert struggles within the company, as well as social phenomena such as fraud, drug abuse, dereliction of duty, corruption and perversion of the law. The novel not only maintains the author's consistent characteristics of fascinating plots, but is also deeper and more humane than previous works. It can still inspire people even today.

"Nightly News" TV anchor Sloan's peaceful life was shattered: terrorists kidnapped his wife and children. No one knows better than him that the fate of his family now depends on the help of his former love rival and the network's top reporter Harry Partridge, on the decision of the network's beautiful but ruthless CEO, on Sloane's own determination to track the kidnappers across the border, and on the final climax of heart-stopping danger and death... The author throws the entire industry into a moment of crisis, and everyone in every part of the system is either actively or passively involved in it and faces tests. The human nature, contradictions, flaws and compassion that cannot be seen in calm moments are fully exposed.

Ge Liang's "Urban Strange Stories" series of novels, winner of the annual China Good Book Award. Our lives are receiving a certain kind of perspective, coming from a pair of daily eyes. A storm of novels named after animals, based on encounters over the years. Yan Geling, Su Tong, and Mao Jian sincerely recommend "The prosperity of this city, when you turn around, there are still many stories, some twists and turns and bleakness wrapped in gorgeous clothes. Of course, there is also a lot of warmth, vague, waiting for you to touch." Our lives are receiving a certain kind of perspective. A pair of eyes from everyday life. A cat or a parrot, even a beetle or a crab. We don't know what it will look like in the next second. What's worse is that it will fall apart when we are most interested in living. A typhoon named after an animal, because of its rapid movement and strange path, brought strong winds and abundant rain to the island city, as well as unexpected encounters. Stories are born out of encounters, and there are witnesses about time, witnessing others, and also witnessing yourself. The escape from life is not fate, but an adventure. Zhang Ailing once wrote "Legend" back then, and she still wrote about encounters in Hong Kong. What she encountered was the changes of the times, which was the helplessness and desolation half a century ago. What is written in this book is the warmth and coldness of encounters, and there is a lot of sadness, just because things are not what people are.

There is no such thing as a feast that never ends. Even after the feast is over, we are still good sisters! Youth is short and best friends are rare, which makes it so precious. The heroines of the novel are five close friends working hard in Beijing, including female publicist Nian Xiaowu, reporter Li Peijuan, Japanese teacher An Su, comic fan Xiao Q and female writer Bi Sheng. There are many stories of laughter, tears and blood between best friends. Through their lives and dreams, scenes of painful and happy, beautiful but sad feelings between best friends are intertwined. Picking up this book, those memories belonging to my best friend came to my face instantly... My best friend had grown up at that time, and the flying and wantonness of youth had gradually faded away. What remained in my mind was a mottled heart.

The Arthur Haley series includes "Grand Hotel", "Motown", "Evening News", "Airport", "Strong Medicine" and "Final Diagnosis".

The novel tells the story of how Lincoln International Airport faced threats from emergencies in just seven hours, from half past six in the evening to one thirty the next morning. The snowstorm hindered the operation of the airport, the chaos caused by the gathering of environmentalists, the threat to the plane from the suicide fraudsters, the intrigues among the airport personnel, and the disaster was approaching step by step... After the movie of the same name adapted from the book was released, it started the trend of disaster movies in the 1970s.

This novel was once popular in the United States and was hailed as a must-read "textbook" for hotel management students. The author Haley uses his consistently sharp and meticulous writing style to tell us the story of the transformation that a luxury hotel called the "Saint Gregory Hotel" in New Orleans, USA, experienced in just five days. The place was once in crisis due to the conservativeness of the managers and the laziness and greed of some employees. However, with the efforts of deputy general manager Peter McDermott, secretary to the general manager Christine Francis, sous chef Andre Lemire, loyal garbage incinerator Booker Graham and others, it has rediscovered its future development path. With the help of the "mysterious guest" Albert Wells, it has gained a wonderful opportunity to realize hotel development and personal ideals.

As a female star on a perennial TV show, Mai Roth looks like she's on her way to stardom. But Ross himself is not satisfied with the status quo. She gave up television to take a role in a serious drama, working with serious actors and a stern director. And then another opportunity presented itself. There's a role in a fantasy movie that seems tailor-made for her. Will she get this chance to star? Does she herself hope to stand out? To win the casting, she must find out the publisher's needs, get to know the news boss who is hosting the casting - a Russian billionaire, deal with relationships with her ex and current boyfriend, contact her brother who is a soldier, and inquire about another ambitious competitor. All of them thought she wasn't up to the role. As the stunning climax culminates, the female entertainer sees one's struggle to accept herself, discover what's important to her and what she really wants...

A domineering little yellow lorikeet named Honey Franklin, through which a woman comes into contact with the world of parrots, tells the story of their love.